On 12/17/2018 1:15 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Dec 17 13:06, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to understand why a copied file from 'C:\' into >> /home/user/try doesn't have the permissions set for 'other' (see below). > > POSIX "other" == Windows "Everyone". Windows default permissions > typically don't give permissions to "Everyone". Thus POSIX "other" > has no permissions by default after copying such a file. >
Thank you, it works: PS C:\> & icacls try.txt /grant "*S-1-1-0:(GA)" The powershell way (set-acl) might be easier if you don't want to fiddle with quoting and the call operator or simply use the command in cmd.exe (no '&' and no quotes). -- John Doe -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
